The full interview given by Chris Brown to CNN's chat show host Larry King was aired last night, with the fallen R&B star claiming his relationship with Rihanna was like that of Romeo and Juliet. And Brown also remains hopeful that the pair can still be friends...

The 20-year-old singer, who was sentenced last month to six months physical labour for assaulting his then girlfriend Rihanna, had claimed in a clip of the interview revealed on Tuesday that he couldn't remember what had happened on that fateful night back in February.

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But our jaws hit our desks when we heard Brown, who appeared on the CNN show with his mother and lawyer, say:

"I'm pretty sure we can still be friends. It's really taken a toll on me."

As well as community service, Brown has been banned from speaking or meeting with 21-year-old Rihanna.

He even revealed that the pair met after the incident, which took place earlier this year in his car after a pre-Grammy party, explaining:

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"I mean, with me and her, it was just like we just wanted to get away and kind of, I wouldn't say rekindle our relationship but just build that friendship back up that we had lost briefly with because of the two sides.

"It was sort of like Romeo and Juliet story, like both sides not wanting us to kind of have contact so we just got away."

He added:

"I'm pretty sure we can always be friends and I don't know about our relationship, but I just know definitely that we ended as friends."

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